📊 Anthropic measured the real impact of AI on the job market - and the gap between theory and practice is huge.
The new metric "observed exposure": not "what AI can theoretically do," but "what people are actually automating through Claude right now." In Computer & Math, AI theoretically covers 94% of tasks. In reality - 33%. Programmers have the highest coverage among all professions with 75%. For 30% of the workforce, exposure is zero: chefs, mechanics, bartenders, lifeguards.
AI takes on tasks that can be described in text and performed on a computer. Anything that requires physical presence, negotiations, or people management - zero.
According to Anthropic's dataset: AI is currently automating routine tasks. "Answer the phone" - 100%, "conduct negotiations" - 0%. "Write a report" - 99%, "manage a team" - 0%.
